Help Sexing Micky Mouse Platy

[tejas81]

I keep posting this under Platy, but it keeps disappearing!

Could someone confirm that my platy is female (it looks so in first picture)?

When it is stressed out, it sometimes draws its fins back and the anal fin looks like a male gonopodium (second pic).

i'm sorry i couldnt get better quality pictures; thanks for helping!

 

[deeps]

The definitely a female.... it might sometimes close its fins... but as said per the first the pic.... its a female... and also, thts a lovely platy...

 

[helterskelter]

Thats 100% female.

However she don't look happy in the second Pic, i would be inclined to do a couple of water changer and test your water for ammonia and nitrites.

if you have tested these it would be intresting to know what it say's.

 

[tejas81]

Hi guys

Thanks for your help! I just changed the water two days ago, but I will test the chemicals soon. She might be upset due to one of two reasons:

1) The aquarium light above her head when I was taking the second pic.
2) Death of another female platy that died in childbirth. (You can see one of the fry in the first pic!)

I put her in the top half of my floating breeder tank to make sure she is isolated for a while, so that may also have something to do with it.